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December 04, 2003
Dan's Winds of War, Dec 4/03

Welcome! Our goal is to give you one power-packed briefing of insights, news and trends from the global War on Terror that leaves you stimulated, informed, and occasionally amused every Monday & Thursday. In addition, we also have our in-depth Iraq Report. Today's briefings are brought to you by Dan Darling of Regnum Crucis.

TOP TOPICS

* The Middle East Intelligence Bulletin has an excellent primer available on the situation in the Palestinian refugee camp Ein al-Hilweh, which is easily one of the most screwed up places on the planet. If you want proof, just go to Rantburg and see what entries pop up when you search for "Hilwe."

* Jemaah Islamiyyah spiritual leader Abu Bakar Bashir has been cleared of treason by an Indonesian appeals court. Laksamana offers a helpful timeline of Bashir and his activities in Indonesia. It also seems that Amien Rais, a key Indonesian politician, has had enough with Bashir and his terror academies.

* Canadian teenager Abdul Rahman al-Khadr is back in Canada after a trip through Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran, Turkey, and Bosnia after being released from Guantanamo Bay and has admitted training at Khalden camp in Afghanistan in 1998, whose graduates include such notable alumni as Zacarias Moussaoui and Ahmed Ressam.

Other Topics Today Include: Iran Reports; UK Gitmo detainee's confession; the Turkish Hezbollah is an al-Qaeda affiliate; Istanbul bombing masterminds met with Ayman al-Zawahiri; GSPC kills a Saudi prince; Sudanese atrocities in Darfur; Sudanese military is harboring the LRA; French bankers supporting dictatorships; Professor Volokh on the EU's anti-Semitism report; Donald Sensing on Saudi deprogramming; bloody week in Chechnya; JI still training in the Philippines; UK and France step up efforts against al-Qaeda; Afghan warlords disarm; and Richard "Dick" Gephardt.

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